Hlstools

Description

Tools for working with HLS streams, including parsing, inspection, and manipulation of HTTP Live Streaming manifest and segment files.

Hlstools is cataloged in Protocols & Transport, Adaptive Streaming, and HLS. Its topics include HLS, streaming, tool, and adaptive streaming.

TiyuntsongSelf-play reinforcement learning + GAN-based adaptive bitrate streaming algorithm implementation (TensorFlow/tflearn), companion to arXiv:1…
NeSt-VR: Network-aware Step-wise Adaptive Bitrate for VR Streaming over Wi-FiAcademic paper proposing a network-aware step-wise ABR algorithm for VR video streaming over Wi-Fi networks.
rtmpSnoopTool grabbing RTMP stream properties from live or dumped streams, including pcap file support.
Harnessing WebRTC for Large-Scale Live StreamingACM SIGCOMM 2025 paper on scaling WebRTC for large-audience low-latency live streaming.
Performance of Low-Latency HTTP-based Streaming PlayersMMSys'21 paper comparing AVPlayer, Shaka, HLS.js, and Dash.js performance under LL-HLS and LL-DASH.
FOSDEM 2024: Streaming Live Using RIST On Demand to ThousandsFOSDEM Open Media devroom talk on a real-world RIST architecture achieving 500ms glass-to-glass latency at scale, comparing RIST vs QUIC.
The Analysis of DASH Manifest OptimizationsAmazon-authored ACM Green Multimedia Systems workshop paper analyzing MPD manifest size optimization techniques.
low-latency-dash-ffmpegDockerized ffmpeg reference configuration for LL-DASH per-frame moof chunk streaming.
KTH Thesis: Interoperable Retransmission Protocols for Low-Latency Video (RIST/SRT)Master's thesis academic evaluation comparing RIST and SRT retransmission protocols for low-latency video contribution.
PantomimeSwift M3U8 parser supporting both master and media playlists.